Kelani
#4,843 most common girls' name of all time · #8,211 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1976–2025
Rank among girls
#4,843
Rank overall
#8,211 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
1,774
Since 2016
1,365
Peak year
2020 #1,253
Best rank
#1,253 2020
Girls
Boys
peak 189/yr
Kelani first appears in 1976. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 137 | — | 137 | #1,543 |
| 2024 | 168 | — | 168 | #1,362 |
| 2023 | 141 | — | 141 | #1,520 |
| 2022 | 165 | 5 | 170 | #1,392 |
| 2021 | 147 | — | 147 | #1,467 |
| 2020 | 182 | 7 | 189 | #1,253 |
| 2019 | 124 | 6 | 130 | #1,694 |
| 2018 | 113 | 7 | 120 | #1,807 |
| 2017 | 92 | 8 | 100 | #2,101 |
| 2016 | 56 | 7 | 63 | #2,984 |
| 2015 | 38 | 7 | 45 | #3,950 |
| 2014 | 19 | 8 | 27 | #6,555 |
| 2013 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,723 |
| 2012 | 20 | 5 | 25 | #6,437 |
| 2011 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,663 |
| 2010 | 22 | — | 22 | #6,067 |
| 2009 | 21 | 6 | 27 | #6,421 |
| 2008 | 18 | — | 18 | #7,220 |
| 2007 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,872 |
| 2006 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,919 |
| 2005 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,371 |
| 2004 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,577 |
| 2003 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,750 |
| 2002 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,765 |
| 2001 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,513 |
| 2000 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,357 |
| 1999 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,478 |
| 1998 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,642 |
| 1997 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,698 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,027 |
| 1995 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,297 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,070 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,073 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,138 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,488 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,915 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,662 |